Dunedin

There are no suspicious circumstances surrounding the house fire in Brockville that is believed to have killed a Dunedin man, police say.

Two people have been arrested following a police chase north of Dunedin this morning.

The search in the Catlins area for missing Dunedin man Stephen Lowe, which was suspended yesterday, has resumed this morning.

The family of Dunedin photographer Riley Baker may still be forced to move a memorial containing his ashes, as the NZ Transport Agency is "adamant" it should go.

A 41-year-old man was taken into custody by police in Mosgiel last night after an armed offenders squad call-out. 

Logan Park High School international prefects and International Food Festival organisers Emily Wu (18), of Taiwan, and Brjann Hrobjartsson (17), of Iceland, celebrate the school's cultural...

A group of pupils from Arthur Street School, Kavanagh College and Otago Girls' High School enjoyed "green eggs and ham'' and chocolate biscuits yesterday when Children's Commissioner Judge Andrew...

A Dunedin city councillor has labelled National List MP Michael Woodhouse "desperate'' for lashing out at critics after losing the party vote in Dunedin.

If you thought it was extraordinarily hot and steamy in bed on Sunday night, it was.

Roadworks on Otago Peninsula and an Octagon area abuzz with buses are expected to cause tensions for tourism operators when a busy cruise ship season begins next week.

If you intend to begin future planning soon, you are already too late, futurist Dave Wild says.

A decision to exclude the University of Otago from the Dunedin Hospital rebuild was queried by Treasury, advice released under the Official Information Act reveals.

About 90 people have signed a petition calling for alternative routes to be used instead of three Wakari residential streets which recently became part of busy bus thoroughfares.

Bus users have welcomed a move by the Otago Regional Council to fund an upgrade to half-hourly service next year, on the Belleknowes-Waverley route.

A digger works at the Lee Stream bridge yesterday.

Police are searching for a man driving a blue sedan after a series of ``suspicious'' approaches to teenage girls in South Dunedin last week.